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Vanderpoel: The Human Figure

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The first five chapters of the Human Figure by John H. Vanderpoel attempt to dissect the various features that make up the human head. Chapter I discusses the eyes, chapter 2 the nose, chapter three the mouth and chin, chapter four the ear and chapter five the head. In each chapter, Vanderpoel describes what he has observed to be true about each feature. I find Vanderpoel descriptions the most helpful when he discusses the planes that make up each individual aspect of the face and head, and how those planes relate to each other. I am interested less in the small details about the folds of the eyelid as he describes in chapter I, and more in learning to visualize the a face as being composed of simple surfaces. It is obvious to me when Vanderpoel

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